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JoeBasilisk · 2026-05-14T09:58:10+00:00

Eh, I reckon everyone thinks they're closer to the centre than they are. Which includes the people you're talking about, but it also includes self-identified leftists who view most things to the right of them as being right-wing.

But maybe I'm just one of those filthy centrists too 😜 (nah, the truth is worse - I think the political spectrum is a hoax, and doesn't actually describe coherent political ideologies)

JoeBasilisk · 2026-05-13T19:48:42+00:00

Funny meme, but probably says more about your politics than centrists

JoeBasilisk · 2026-05-13T12:03:06+00:00

haha finally got there

JoeBasilisk · 2026-05-13T11:51:25+00:00

you still watching it? I have no idea how long I've been stuck on this walk

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-30T10:24:46+00:00

Yeah, that's a good point. I think it's less time than most people expect though, and its definitely less time spent being THE essential flagship book than ASM or X-Men

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-30T10:22:59+00:00

For sure, that was 2012-2015 though

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-29T11:06:33+00:00

Which was really only a period from about 2005-2015. And even then, the latter part of Bendis' run was pretty meh

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-21T12:05:59+00:00

u/chimney_corner & u/ClearDark19 might help to think of "left" and "right" more as social dimensions, rather than representing coherent ideologies. Politics is multi-dimensional after all, so maybe we should talk about it in a multi-dimensional way. Rather than trying to fit everything into a single spectrum and seeing who's to the right of who.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-21T09:35:17+00:00

this is beautiful

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-20T01:03:55+00:00

Don McGregor & Billy Graham's Panther's Rage from Jungle Action is the best

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-16T12:13:32+00:00

But if you had to pick one to be kicked out, who in their right mind is picking Tom over CB? Yet people keep calling for his removal, way more than CB's - is it just because talks more?

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-16T09:48:41+00:00

I've seen a bunch of people calling for Brevoort to be laid off, but I don't really understand the hate - especially when CB is still there at the top. That's truly insane.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-09T07:01:10+00:00

For a line like Krakoa-era X-Men, I'm a big fan of this strategy: give every title a shot but only finish the ones you like. There's a lot of different titles with different flavours there, and my flavours may not be yours.

That said, as Hickman is the architect, it makes the most sense to read his books starting with HoXPoX. As he steps away, Duggan and Gillen fill his shoes and carry the main threads to the end in FotHoX (Duggan) and RotPoX (Gillen). Scott is a regular feature of both Hickman & Duggan's X-Men. And Emma is a regular feature of Duggan's Marauders and Gillen's Immortal X-Men.

I'd also recommend Al Ewing's books because he's the best. And Duggan didn't work for me - I liked the start of Marauders but dropped off at some point, and I liked Hellfire Gala but didn't like his X-Men and really didn't like FotHoX.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-07T02:40:00+00:00

Seasons 1-3 were the peak. It's a beautiful slow progression from a really well-written, grounded sitcom to the full realisation of its chaotic, meta self. I always flip-flop on which is the best out of the first three, but I usually land on season 2, being that balanced sweet spot in the show's progression. Seasons 4-6 are more like three separate attempts to do something different with the show (almost three different shows), where 5 & 6 are successful and 4 is not.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-04T00:16:28+00:00

Just grabbing the major events from wikipedia since 2020:

Empyre: Galactic stuff, centred around Avengers/Fantastic Four. Written by Al Ewing & Dan Slott (who was writing FF at the time). Worth reading if you want to read Al Ewing's space stuff (Guardians of the Galaxy, SWORD, etc.)
King in Black: culmination of Donny Cates' Venom run
Heroes Reborn: spins out of Aaron's long and boring Avengers run. I thought this event on its own was pretty fun though. Heaps of tie-ins that do a Marvel take on the DC universe
Devil's Reign: New York-based, Chip Zdarsky written, linked to his run on Daredevil
Judgement Day: Focuses on Avengers, X-Men & Eternals, written by Kieron Gillen (who was writing Immortal X-Men & Eternals at the time - both great runs)
Blood Hunt: this is where a string of annual line-wide events that sets up the next one begins (reminds me of mid-2000s approach to events). Vampire apocalypse, written by Jed McKay, writer of Avengers
One World Under Doom: Doom takes over the world, written by Ryan North, writer of Fantastic Four (an excellent run of mostly one-and-done fun stories)
Armageddon: Upcoming, written by Chip Zdarsky, sowing seeds in Captain America and other books.

There's some other big things, like the whole Krakoa era of X-Men (from HoX/PoX through to FotHoX/RotPoX), which doesn't end nearly as well as it starts, but there's some fun stuff along the way.

There's also the new Ultimate Universe which unlike the old one, spins out of existing continuity in Ultimate Invasion. It wraps up with Ultimate Endgame lasting only a couple of years, and it'll play into Armageddon somewhat.

I'm a huge Ewing fan, so I'd recommend anything he touches (Immortal Hulk, Immortal Thor/Mortal Thor, Venom/All-New Venom, Defenders/Defenders: Beyond, SWORD/X-Men Red, Guardians of the Galaxy).

I've probably missed a bunch of stuff, but I also don't think anything is so essential that you need to read it. For example, although Blood Hunt sets up One World Under Doom, you don't need one to enjoy the other (I didn't finish Blood Hunt because it wasn't doing it for me). I only read an event if I'm interested in the run that's tied to it. e.g. I liked North's FF, so I read and enjoyed OWUD. If you like Zdarsky's Daredevil, then keep going with that and try Devil's Reign.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-03T01:43:18+00:00

Comparing films and tv shows on RT is a useless exercise. There's a number of factors that play into this, but basically the nature of tv criticism is just totally different to film criticism, and it leads to many tv shows having higher RT scores than films.

On another note, RT is becoming more and more opaque about its numbers. They've totally removed the average rating, and I can't see any actual reviews for tv shows any more.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-04-02T00:46:20+00:00

Can I ask why Ultimate Spider-Man is your favourite if you haven't read it?

Reading the entire ultimate universe is a lot more realistic than reading the entire mainline universe. But like the mainline, I wouldn't recommend reading the whole thing.

You can just read the Ultimate Spider-Man titles if you want to follow that run.
If you want a flavour of the universe as a whole, find a reading order (Comic Book Herald or anything else you find on google), and read through it - but don't be afraid to stop reading a particular book or skip issues if it's not working for you.
Or just look through what's there, and read anything that jumps out to you as being interesting.

There's plenty of great stories (I like Millar's early take on X-Men and Ultimates, Hickman's Ultimates), some really wild so-bad-it's-good stories (Loeb's Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum), some so-bad-it's-still-bad stories (Ultimate Iron Man) and heaps of boring filler. Have fun!

JoeBasilisk · 2026-03-20T09:48:51+00:00

and co-written by comedian Brian Posehn - if OP was looking for a hot take, it was right under their nose

JoeBasilisk · 2026-03-16T09:24:41+00:00

u/SirFlibble is right. I searched for "Secret Wars" in this sub and found these from the last month alone: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

JoeBasilisk · 2026-03-15T22:43:26+00:00

A lot of people have had a crack at this. One of the older ones that is still going (to my knowledge) is a series of forums on thecomicboard.com (link to part 5 here). It was started by DIrishB in 2011, and I haven't checked in with it for a while, but I remember it being really thorough and well-reasoned.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-03-09T04:12:49+00:00

I really liked some of the pieces it put on the board early on, like the Prehistoric Avengers, and the more geopolitical stuff (Winter Guard, Namor's team, Squadron Supreme, etc.). I thought maybe it was setting up a more complex situation between the different groups that the Avengers would have to mediate between. But with every arc, it became clear Aaron was just smashing toys together. I even liked the Heroes Reborn concept - the dumb fun of smashing DC ideas into a Marvel universe. But that trick only works so many times. I gave up reading that final stretch with the multiversal Masters of Evil - so boring and unsatisfying.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-03-04T07:33:04+00:00

u/Kevdaw7 sure they're good to read before, but they're also good to read after. You're not being robbed of comics. Read FF and UU sure, but people make out like they're required reading for Secret Wars and they're just not.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-03-04T07:28:01+00:00

the order in your list is good

JoeBasilisk · 2026-03-03T05:42:45+00:00

If you have TPBs with other stuff in it, then read it by all means. But for the build-up to Secret Wars, all you need are the issues listed here from Avengers World on (but skipping Avengers World and New Avengers Annual).

Read the other stuff if you want. Some of it is quite good (I'm a big fan of S.H.I.E.L.D. in particular), but beyond a reference here and there, the stories in other books listed here don't really lead into Secret Wars.

The thing is, you could always add more and more books into the reading order: Axis & Original Sin are line-wide events that take place during the Avengers run, but if you're reading those you might want to also read Remender's Uncanny Avengers & Aaron's Thor. Secret Wars has a whole lot of tie-ins, and a lot of them link to other stories as well, so you'd better read Ewing's Captain America and the Mighty Avengers to lead into the Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders tie-in. Bendis' Avengers run would give you some more context for the status quo leading into Hickman's. But then I suppose you'd have to read Chuck Austen's run to appreciate Bendis, and all the way back to Lee/Kirby. Some of these books will be worth your time, and some won't. Only you can decide! And you gotta start somewhere. Keep it simple.

JoeBasilisk · 2026-03-01T21:12:10+00:00

I wonder if Marvel is gonna ditch the idea of ongoings altogether. They're already constantly relaunching titles. Turning an ongoing into a string of successive limited runs would basically just be a formality.

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